MAHLE Powertrain has announced the completion of two new facilities in c, the result of a £15 million (Rs 143 crore) investment over the last five years (including £3.6m of UK government funding). This, the company says, will deliver much-needed testing capability as the automotive industry accelerates its transition towards decarbonised propulsion. The purpose-built facilities… Continue reading Mahle Powertrain opens cutting-edge vehicle and battery test facilities
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Nissan India opens bookings for its Magnite RED Edition
Nissan Motor India today announced the start of pre-bookings for the Nissan Magnite RED edition, which is scheduled to be officially launched on July 18 and will be available in three variants: Magnite XV MT RED Edition, Magnite Turbo XV MT RED Edition, and Magnite Turbo XV CVT RED Edition. Nissan Magnite, with over 100,000… Continue reading Nissan India opens bookings for its Magnite RED Edition
Volkswagen enters global battery business with PowerCo
Volkswagen, which is aggressively driving its e-mobility strategy, yesterday broke ground for its first cell factory in Salzgitter today in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Production will start in 2025. Responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company ‘PowerCo’. In addition to cell production, the new company… Continue reading Volkswagen enters global battery business with PowerCo
Pricol signs tech partnership with BMS PowerSafe
Francois Enez, Business Manager, BMS PowerSafe; Thomas Debuisser, CEO, BMS PowerSafe; Siddharth Manoharan, Chief Strategy Officer, Pricol ; Benoit Lalande, Technical Director, BMS PowerSafe. Pricol has announced an exclusive technology partnership with BMS PowerSafe, a French company that is a part of the Startec Energy Group, to manufacture Battery Management System (BMS) for electric vehicles… Continue reading Pricol signs tech partnership with BMS PowerSafe
DS 4
Sportiness sells. That has long been a given in marketing. It’s why adverts and brochures depict beautiful people engaging in tennis or hiking, not theoretical mathematics. It’s why most BMWs and Mercedes are sold in M Sport or AMG Line trim, why everything has a Sport mode and why the four-spoke steering wheel is a… Continue reading DS 4
Skoda Kushaq sells over 26,500 units in first year
The Skoda Kushaq launched on June 28, 2021 has completed a year of retail sales in the Indian market. Importantly, the SUV has made a mark in the hotly contested SUV segment with sales of over 26,000 units. As per Autocar Professional’s passenger vehicle sales analytics, the Kushaq has sold a total of 26,807 units… Continue reading Skoda Kushaq sells over 26,500 units in first year
M&M raises Rs 1925 crore for EV arm
The picture is representational The British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) have executed a binding agreement to invest up to Rs 1925 crore each into a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&M that will be newly incorporated, the company said in a statement late on Thursday. BII will invest… Continue reading M&M raises Rs 1925 crore for EV arm
Suzuki Jimny tipped to return as five-door hybrid 4×4
The Suzuki Jimny could make a return to the UK in passenger-car form with five doors and an electrified powertrain. The compact 4×4 was pulled from sales in Europe in 2020, due to the adverse effect it was having on Suzuki’s fleet-average CO2 emissions, although it remained on sale in other markets. It was brought back… Continue reading Suzuki Jimny tipped to return as five-door hybrid 4×4
Matt Prior: Can you drive an EV with a pacemaker?
Some correspondence this week. A reader writes from Australia to ask: is it safe to drive an EV if you have a pacemaker? I confess that this subject hadn’t even crossed my mind. But fortunately it did cross the minds of some scientists from a university and a cardiovascular research centre in Munich and the… Continue reading Matt Prior: Can you drive an EV with a pacemaker?
Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup is revolutionary, better than F-150 in nearly every way
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